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Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture

AIDS—even its name is deceptive, 1980s

By 1985, medical research had come a long way in identifying how AIDS could be transmitted, detected, managed, and treated. Although the second paragraph notes that AIDS can only be passed through bodily fluids, the opening few sentences harken back to the early days of AIDS as a silent, unidentified, and quickly fatal disease.

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AIDS Resource Center

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The most dangerous killer is the deceptive one. The one you Can’t see. The one you Can’t recognize. The one you can’t stop.

The AIDS virus has caused fear because of its elusiveness. Passed along during sex or in the exchange of blood, it silently invades the genetic core of certain cells in the body’s immune system, opening the way for a number of “opportunistic” infections.

A simple cold can threaten a human life.

The virus has been able to escape detection, and it protects itself unlike any other living cell. There is no cure for AIDS, and every case has the same horrible outcome. AIDS is one of the most difficult challenges ever faced by modern medicine - a social and political crisis that is rapidly approaching epidemic proportions.

The AIDS Resource Center in Dallas is helping people to face this crisis. Our volunteers provide hope and comfort to persons with AIDS and their families. Food, clothing, and financial assistance are among our services, but more resources are needed to fight the battle against AIDS right in our own neighborhood.

Help us pass on the truth about AIDS through education and assistance.

Because people in Dallas are dying.

And with your help, the AIDS Resource Center is going to do something about that. Call 559-AIDS.

The Truth About AIDS
Pass it On!

AIDS Resource Center
3920 Cedar Springs, Dallas, TX 75219

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